Sorry. And learning to help ourselves, should a lesson in life saving be compulsory . She was lying there on the sofa, totally unconscious, with eyes wide open. If i hadnt done the cpr my mother wouldnt have survived today. Im chris jackson. This is inside out. Tonight, in a special programme, we look at the increasing pressures on the nhs. As budgets tighten and the number of patients arriving in a doctors surgery rockets, gps are under increasing pressure to cut the cost of care. We followed one tyneside doctor to get a first hand account of how he and his patients are coping. Mike scott has been a gp in newcastle for more than 35 years. Good morning. Thanks, julie. Life saver. Cheers. The nhs is under huge financial pressure. Gps like mike are at the sharp end, making decisions about where the money is spent. Good morning, surgery, julie speaking. The surgery has more than 5,500 patients. Donna has back problems and suffers from depression. It got to the stage where i didnt want to